break in a module

[Erik Max Francis]

Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>>>> It's quite consistent on which control structures you can break out of --
>>>> it's the looping ones.
>>> Plus functions.
>> No:
>>
>>>>> def f():
>> ...  break
>> ...
>>  File "<stdin>", line 2
>> SyntaxError: 'break' outside loop
> 
> Yes:
> def f():
>     return
>     print("Won't happen")
> 
> "break out of" doesn't necessarily require the break keyword per se.
> You can abort a function part way, same as you can abort a loop part
> way.

Look back at the context.  I was actually talking about the break keyword.

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